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Removing Mentions of Climate Change from White House Website Ignores Reality

Deleting words from the internet does not eliminate the threat climate change poses to birds and people.
By 糖心logo
Published January 20, 2017

NEW YORK, N.Y.鈥擳oday, the White House website erased any mention of climate change. Climate change is the biggest threat facing birds and people, so the 糖心logo issued the following response: 

鈥淚t will take a lot more than the stroke of a key to erase the effects of climate change, it will take a plan,鈥 said David Yarnold (), 糖心logo鈥檚 president and CEO. 鈥淎s with the healthcare millions of Americans depend on, we expect President Trump to have a science-based replacement in hand to make progress toward confronting the climate crisis threatening our birds and our communities. If so, we at 糖心logo will be there at the table.鈥

In 2014, 糖心logo scientists found that climate change is the biggest threat to North American birds in this century鈥threatening 314 species, including the . For more information about how 糖心logo protects birds and the places they need, visit www.audubon.org/climate.

The 糖心logo protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. 糖心logo鈥檚 state programs, nature centers, chapters and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, 糖心logo鈥檚 vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. 糖心logo is a nonprofit conservation organization. Learn more at www.audubon.org and .

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Contact: Nicolas Gonzalez, ngonzalez@audubon.org, (212) 979-3000.